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China film history

China's film industry originated in the early 20th century. 1905, Ren Qingtai (word Jingfeng), the founder of Beijing Fengtai Photo Studio, filmed Dingjun Mountain starring Tan Xinpei, which was the first film made by China people themselves. 19 13, the American-operated Asian film company filmed China's first short film, It's Hard for Couples, which was written by Zheng Qiuzheng and directed by Zhang Shichuan. 19 17 Shanghai Commercial Press shoots short films on current affairs. The following year, the Department of Film and Drama was established. Since then, two earliest feature films, Yan and Pink Skeleton, have been filmed in China. 1922, Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Qiuzheng and Zhou set up a star film company. 1923, The Orphan Saved the Ancestor, written by Zheng Qiuzheng and directed by Zhang Shichuan. The film seriously involves the social reality at that time, with a strong atmosphere of life and natural and simple acting skills. At the same time, a number of large film companies have emerged, such as Greater China Lily Film Company, Shenzhou Film Company, Great Wall Film Company and Minxin Film Company. Shao Zuiweng brothers established Tianyi Film Company on 1925. First, based on folk stories, I filmed a number of costume films, which set off a craze for filming costume films in Shanghai, thus gaining a firm foothold in the Nanyang market.

From 1925 to 1927, Shanghai established 140 small and medium-sized film companies. Guangzhou, Beiping (now Beijing), Tianjin and other cities also made films. 1928, after the star company started shooting "Burning Red Lotus Temple", a martial arts film craze was formed. In the following four years, companies in Shanghai filmed more than 400 feature films, most of which were bizarre and shoddy films such as "Fire", "Martial Arts" and "Ghosts". 1928, film companies such as Minxin and Greater China Lily formed Lianhua Film Company, and successively filmed Love and Duty, Heng Niang and Peach Blossom Tears. 193 1 year, Star Film Company and Youlian Film Company successfully trial-produced audio films "The Red Peony" and "Young Beauty". 193 1 year, huaguang on-chip sound film company completed China's first on-chip sound film after the rain stopped in Japan. By 1935, China had completed the transition from silent film to audio film. Film is a continuous image picture developed by the combination of mobile photography and slide show. It is a visual and auditory modern art, and it is also a synthesis of modern technology and art that can accommodate drama, photography, painting, music, dance, writing, sculpture, architecture and other arts. Film is a kind of comprehensive art, and the shot images are continuously projected on the screen with strong light, which looks like real moving images. [1]1At the end of 9, the world film and film industry originated in France, Britain, the United States and other places.

China movies include Chinese mainland movies, Hongkong movies and Taiwan Province movies.

On August 1896, 1 1, another village in Xu Yuan, Shanghai, screened the Western Cinema, which was the first film screening in China and opened the curtain for the development of China films. China Film was born in 1905. Ren Qingtai, the founder of Beijing Fengtai Photo Studio, filmed Dingjun Mountain starring the famous Peking Opera actor Tan Xinpei. This is the first film made by China people, which marks the birth of China film, and Ren Qingtai is therefore known as "the father of China film". [4] After the downfall of the Gang of Four, the film industry developed. Film production resumed on 1977. From 1980 to 1984, the average annual output reached about 120, and the average annual audience was about 25 billion. China movies have entered a new period of vigorous development. In 20 18, the annual output of China films reached 1082, with a total box office of 60.7 billion yuan and 60,079 national screens.